A trial is deciding whether federal Superfund law makes three South Carolina counties responsible for costs to remove CRT displays and other material abandoned by shuttered processor Creative Recycling Systems.
The case involves cleanup costs at a South Carolina warehouse that was used by Creative Recycling Systems (CRS). The company filed for bankruptcy in 2014, leaving 32 million pounds of CRT glass and other scrap electronic materials in storage across six states.
In February, E-Scrap News reported that property owners spent millions of dollars to clean up the mess, but much of the material went to e-scrap processors that ultimately closed and abandoned their own inventories.
This legal drama playing out now involves cleanup costs at a Blythewood, S.C. warehouse owned by Carolina Pines. The property owner in April 2016 filed a lawsuit against 11 cities and counties that contracted with CRS to take devices they collected. The case is in U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina.
According to the lawsuit, CRS left an estimated 6 million pounds at the Carolina Pines warehouse, including TVs, health-care and classroom equipment, and computers with sensitive data on them. The State newspaper, based in Columbia, S.C., reported in July that the stock was cleaned out at a cost of $1 million to $1.5 million and Carolina Pines wants the local governments to repay it.
Carolina Pines' lawsuit points to various legal reasons why the landlord believes they're responsible for the abandoned material. In March, the judge threw out all of the claims except one alleging the defendants are liable for cleanup costs under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), or Superfund law.
Most of the defendants have settled with Carolina Pines, but the South Carolina counties of Charleston, Horry and Lexington decided to go to trial. The non-jury trial will be decided by Chief Judge Terry L. Wooten.
It began on Aug. 28 and ended on Aug. 29. Wooten indicated he would issue a ruling within the next three weeks.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A trial is deciding whether federal Superfund law makes three South Carolina counties responsible for costs to remove CRT displays and other material abandoned by shuttered processor Creative Recycling Systems.
The case involves cleanup costs at a South Carolina warehouse that was used by Creative Recycling Systems (CRS). The company filed for bankruptcy in 2014, leaving 32 million pounds of CRT glass and other scrap electronic materials in storage across six states.
In February, E-Scrap News reported that property owners spent millions of dollars to clean up the mess, but much of the material went to e-scrap processors that ultimately closed and abandoned their own inventories.
This legal drama playing out now involves cleanup costs at a Blythewood, S.C. warehouse owned by Carolina Pines. The property owner in April 2016 filed a lawsuit against 11 cities and counties that contracted with CRS to take devices they collected. The case is in U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina.
According to the lawsuit, CRS left an estimated 6 million pounds at the Carolina Pines warehouse, including TVs, health-care and classroom equipment, and computers with sensitive data on them. The State newspaper, based in Columbia, S.C., reported in July that the stock was cleaned out at a cost of $1 million to $1.5 million and Carolina Pines wants the local governments to repay it.
Carolina Pines' lawsuit points to various legal reasons why the landlord believes they're responsible for the abandoned material. In March, the judge threw out all of the claims except one alleging the defendants are liable for cleanup costs under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), or Superfund law.
Most of the defendants have settled with Carolina Pines, but the South Carolina counties of Charleston, Horry and Lexington decided to go to trial. The non-jury trial will be decided by Chief Judge Terry L. Wooten.
It began on Aug. 28 and ended on Aug. 29. Wooten indicated he would issue a ruling within the next three weeks.
A trial is deciding whether federal Superfund law makes three South Carolina counties responsible for costs to remove CRT displays and other material abandoned by shuttered processor Creative Recycling Systems.
The case involves cleanup costs at a South Carolina warehouse that was used by Creative Recycling Systems (CRS). The company filed for bankruptcy in 2014, leaving 32 million pounds of CRT glass and other scrap electronic materials in storage across six states.
In February, E-Scrap News reported that property owners spent millions of dollars to clean up the mess, but much of the material went to e-scrap processors that ultimately closed and abandoned their own inventories.
This legal drama playing out now involves cleanup costs at a Blythewood, S.C. warehouse owned by Carolina Pines. The property owner in April 2016 filed a lawsuit against 11 cities and counties that contracted with CRS to take devices they collected. The case is in U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina.
According to the lawsuit, CRS left an estimated 6 million pounds at the Carolina Pines warehouse, including TVs, health-care and classroom equipment, and computers with sensitive data on them. The State newspaper, based in Columbia, S.C., reported in July that the stock was cleaned out at a cost of $1 million to $1.5 million and Carolina Pines wants the local governments to repay it.
Carolina Pines' lawsuit points to various legal reasons why the landlord believes they're responsible for the abandoned material. In March, the judge threw out all of the claims except one alleging the defendants are liable for cleanup costs under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), or Superfund law.
Most of the defendants have settled with Carolina Pines, but the South Carolina counties of Charleston, Horry and Lexington decided to go to trial. The non-jury trial will be decided by Chief Judge Terry L. Wooten.
It began on Aug. 28 and ended on Aug. 29. Wooten indicated he would issue a ruling within the next three weeks.
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